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Wood, Paul Brian; Spandagou, Ilektra; Evans, David – School Leadership & Management, 2012
This article discusses the results from an initial quantitative analysis of survey data collected from the Principals and Behaviour Survey (PABS) conducted in New South Wales, Australia. PABS was built upon a foundation of existing validated studies measuring principals' attitudes to the inclusion of students with disabilities in mainstream…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Self Esteem, Self Efficacy
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Huang, Chiu-Mieh; Chien, Li-Yin; Cheng, Chin-Feng; Guo, Jong-Long – Journal of School Health, 2012
Background: Drug use has been noted among students in Taiwan during the past decade and schools have a role in preventing or delaying students' drug use. We developed and evaluated a school-based, drug-use prevention program integrating the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and life skills for junior high school students. Methods: We recruited 441…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Junior High School Students
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Barlow, Julie; Swaby, Laura; Turner, Andrew – Journal of Community Psychology, 2008
The lay-led, community-based Supporting Parents Programme (SPP) aims to assist parents caring for children with long-term or life-limiting conditions through support and cognitive behavioral techniques. The value of the SPP from the perspectives of parent participants and tutors was examined in focus groups and telephone interviews. Data were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Focus Groups, Confidentiality
Cappon, Daniel – School Guidance Worker, 1980
Excessive "too-goodness" in a child can lead to obsessive neuroses which result in compulsions or ruminations. The only effective treatment is early prevention, culturally, socially, and behaviorally. Children must understand that all excesses are bad. Being bad is sometimes good. Being too good can be unhealthy. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Behavior Theories, Child Development
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Lloyd, Gwynedd – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2003
In this paper, the author argues for a more humanistic approach to children and young people who face difficulties in their personal and social lives. Increasingly, young people in the developed world who are troubled or troublesome in school or in their neighbourhoods are categorised and labelled in terms of psychiatric disorder. The number of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Social Influences, Social Control